Microsoft (via Windows Update) and Google (for Chrome) can provide automatic updates that don’t annoy users. Why can’t Oracle do the same? Seperate patches can still be provided for businesses.

I assume there’s a contract with Ask.com; is that really worth enough to justify annoying users at every update? Oracle knows that people don’t want that kind of software: they’re not bundling it with the JDKs.

There is already an auto-updater for the Oracle JRE, I believe you are referring to a silent updater. It’s definitely a good feature request. BTW – given the reasonableness of your comments, choosing to hide your identity is unfortunate. It always helps us when we can directly attribute feedback like this.